| Literature DB >> 22001540 |
Stefano Fais1, Marie-Odile Fauvarque.
Abstract
Phagocytosis is used not only for immune defense but may also be used to obtain nutrients, as observed when tumor cells feed upon neighboring cells during "tumor cell cannibalism". The TM9 protein TM9SF4, important in canonical phagocytosis, is involved in this cannibalism by metastatic cells and may represent a novel therapeutic target.Entities:
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Year: 2011 PMID: 22001540 DOI: 10.1016/j.molmed.2011.09.001
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Trends Mol Med ISSN: 1471-4914 Impact factor: 11.951